Tag: Fossils

In checking the events calendars for something to do I noticed COSI had a model train exhibit, so we headed down for a Sunday morning.

We headed straight to the upper floor exhibit area where the model trains were set up. Disappointingly we found they are the same ones we see set up elsewhere (such as the fair, etc).

While nice, we were hoping for more.

One unique one though was this group who have built their entire train display from Legos. The tracks, the trains, the cars, are all built out of Legos!

Outside along the hallways are a number of art pieces made out of scrap material. Among other things this one has piano keys, roofing metal, paint brushes, a garden hose and other ‘stuff’.

All sorts of pieces/parts including license plates.

A giant frame skeleton hovers over all.

This display shows the miles and miles of veins and arteries in the body.

I wish I could remember what this was, but I can’t. No worries – he looks cool.

One exhibit that they have had since the 1960s is the exhibit ‘Process’. This shows an American street at two different times, one in 1898 then the same street in 1962 (which is when the center was opened at it’s original location).

It was amusing to see teenagers all running for the various corded telephones, as most under 15 have never used one.

We happened to be next to one of the presentation areas when they were starting an exhibit on chemistry where the presenter entertained us with liquid nitrogen and others like potassium and their reactions to hot and cold.

On this display she had someone give her a $20 bill, dipped it in hydrogen and set it on fire. In the end the person got his $20 back unscathed, except for being wet where she ‘rinsed’ it.

She also demonstrated how different gases make different colored flames when exploding (yes they were very loud booms)

Honda is a big sponsor, with a display on automotive components such as how pistons drive engines, how shocks work, etc.

The American Museum of Natural History has a very large display that is being presented for a year or so. There were a number of fossils on display.